ЧТО ОЗНАЧАЕТ СЛОВО CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS
Кошачьи хвосты
Кошка девяти хвостов, обычно укороченная кошке, представляет собой разнотипный хлыст, возникший как орудие тяжелого физического наказания, особенно в Королевском флоте и армии Соединенного Королевства, а также в качестве судебного наказания в Британии и некоторых других странах.
Значение слова cat-o'-nine-tails в словаре английский языка
Определение кошачьих хвостов в словаре - это веревочный кнут, состоящий из девяти узловатых ремешков, ранее использовавшихся для уничтожения заключенных. Часто сокращалось до: кошка.
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Exciting, funny and packed with adventure . . . Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Julia Golding’s award-winning adventure series for girls has all the ingredients of a Philippa Gregory books for 9+ girls.
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Cat O'
nine Tails:
Cat at Sea
In which Cat becomes an unlikely recruit for the British Navy, takes passage to America and navigates her way through a fiendish plot to do away with Lord Francis, heir to a dukedom.
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Annual Police Return, Showing the State of Crime in the Town ...
Punishment nnder 10 Btripes with ratan or cat- o'-nine tails. Punishment under 20
stripes with ratan or cat- o'-nine tails. More than 20 stripes with ratan or cat-o'-
nine tails. Under 20 stripes with ratan or cat-o'-nine tails. More than 20 stripes
with ...
Bombay (India). Judicial Dept,
1870
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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
One speculates that it refers to the whip, or cat o' nine tails, used on ships to
punish sailors. The cat, as it was called, was usually kept in a bag to protect it
from the salt air. The hypothesis suggests that the phrase refers to a criminal act
that ...
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Over the River and Through the Wood: An Anthology of ...
The old cat o' nine tails is comin' 'round agin, And the way he worries children
sometimes is a sin; He grabs 'em by the collar, an' he yanks 'em by the clothes
And reaches for a tender place. Why, what do you suppose Will happen if you're
...
Karen L. Kilcup, Angela Sorby,
2013
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Cat O'nine Tales and Other Stories
Some of these twelve stories were inspired by the two years Jeffrey Archer spent in prison, including the story of a company chairman who tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St. Petersburg---with unexpected consequences.
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Whips:
Cat O'
Nine Tails
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
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Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish ...
To another woman, he explained that his “only son” Bobby — who had been
crippled at nine by “an attack of infantile paralysis” — required frequent
spankings with a cat-o'-nine tails “for his own good.” Bobby, Fish assured his
correspondent ...
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Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands
Other common names: Black cap, blackamoor, bubrush, bugg segg, candlestick,
cat-o-nine-tails, flaxtail, great reed mace, marsh beetle, marsh pestle, water torch.
Typha: From Typhe, ancient Greek name for the genus, said to mean "bog".
Sylvan T. Runkel, Dean M. Roosa,
2010
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Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious ...
At trial, the pimp had been sentenced to 21 months at hard labor and 15 strokes
with the cat o'nine tails. Appealing the corporal punishment, the pimp wanted the
court to hear a prison warder testify that he was subject to epileptic seizures.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS»
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cat-o'-nine-tails в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Before It's Banned, Check Out What GONE WITH THE WIND Said …
They wanted to know about the dreadful branding irons which planters used to mark the faces of their slaves and the cat-o'-nine-tails with which ... «VDARE.com, Июл 15»
On “Casimir Pulaski Day,” Sufjan Stevens remembers
Because The Onion is a horrible corporate overlord that literally chains us to our desks and uses a cat-o'-nine-tails to encourage us to “whip” up ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Май 15»
Gordon: Pop-gun offence cost Habs the series
Then out came the metaphorical cat-o'-nine-tails. Great athletes place high demands on themselves and when they fail to meet them, the ... «The Globe and Mail, Май 15»
Top Five reviewed: Chris Rock hits rock bottom
This is not the actual New York Times that self-administers the cat-o'-nine-tails every time it gets a semi-colon out of place, but a pretend New ... «Spectator.co.uk, Май 15»
How super crim ended WA floggings
The last victim of the cat-o'-nine-tails was Sydney Sutton, a vicious criminal who spent most of his life behind bars and died in jail in 1978. «The West Australian, Апр 15»
Hell Division: Pentridge Prison's section for the baddest and maddest
Pentridge Prison. It was here in 1958 that police killer William O'Meally became the last man flogged with the cat-o'-nine-tails as a punishment. «The Age, Апр 15»
Party like it's 1996: 7 iconic Atlanta nightlife spots of the era
Fate The cat-o'-nine-tails were retired in 2005. 0315_90s_clubgold_misslotion_oneuseonly The Gold Club This edifice to the ecdysiast's art ... «Atlanta Magazine, Мар 15»
No Pain, No Gain
A mere fraction, and even then Christian, supposedly the maestro of pain, can do little more than brush his cat-o'-nine-tails over Ana's flesh with ... «The New Yorker, Фев 15»
A Rare Look Inside Canada's Notorious Maximum Security Prison …
The cat-o'-nine-tails is a rawhide whip used to lash prisoners no more than 36 times, or 50 for assaulting an officer. A surgeon remains nearby ... «io9, Фев 15»
Tour Paris With the Marquis de Sade as Your Guide
... discovered in the 20th century reveal that he stomped on a Crucifix and screamed blasphemies while abusing himself with a cat-o'-nine-tails. «Smithsonian, Янв 15»